jm
Dennis Stamp
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Post by jm on Aug 10, 2023 21:42:30 GMT -5
Thou does not f*** with 1950s actress Toni Storm.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 10, 2023 21:44:43 GMT -5
I don't think anyone could've predicted Toni going from cool rocker chick to high school mean girl to washed up 1950s actress in a little over a year. I'm so grateful to be with her on this weird, beautiful journey. #NeverForget
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 11, 2023 1:28:47 GMT -5
I don't think anyone could've predicted Toni going from cool rocker chick to high school mean girl to washed up 1950s actress in a little over a year. I'm so grateful to be with her on this weird, beautiful journey. #NeverForget If they actually TRIED with this for more than one segment, it probably would’ve gotten over. (Man, the sliding doors there’d have been if the Vince stuff had come out a year earlier)
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KME
Team Rocket
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Post by KME on Aug 11, 2023 1:33:14 GMT -5
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Post by johncasey on Aug 11, 2023 2:54:47 GMT -5
Think it's interesting that there's been a noticeable jump in quality of promo's like this too, from Toni to BCG to Cage & Big Bill to Swerve & AR Fox to Christian Cage to Statlander. Their backstage segments felt like a weak point for quite a while, just throwaway talking between matches, but they've been fantastic this week and it's really great timing. Statlander squatting Renee during her promo as well. I can imagine Jon Moxley laughing his head off in the background
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Post by johncasey on Aug 11, 2023 2:56:29 GMT -5
Like I always say, the way to unlock someone's personality, is to have them yell at Tony Schiavone. That is true, he helped a lot when Britt Baker turned hell. He's such a good base for the heels. Also every heel should do the shut up Schiavone line.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Aug 11, 2023 4:08:51 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of hers anyway but I feel like Toni needed something to take her from being just a great wrestler and this new character having a breakdown might be it. Hopefully she goes full-on Whatever Happened to Baby Jane with it.
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Post by HMARK Center on Aug 11, 2023 6:14:14 GMT -5
Like I always say, the way to unlock someone's personality, is to have them yell at Tony Schiavone. That is true, he helped a lot when Britt Baker turned hell. He's such a good base for the heels. Also every heel should do the shut up Schiavone line. Tony kind of walks the line between a fully involved interviewer who’ll speak up for himself, ala Gene Okerlund, and one the heels can shout over while he plays the straight man, ala Sean Mooney. That hit me because your post just made me think of Mr. Perfect always going “SHUT UP, MOONEY” at the start of every backstage promo.
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"Magic" Mark Hurr
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Aug 11, 2023 7:43:51 GMT -5
I love it.
5 out of 5 "I Declare"s
If only she did vignettes where she narrates it while she's walking around just expressions that accompany the dialogue. And it has to be shot in black and white. And the music has to be 1950's style strings and pianos.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Aug 11, 2023 8:40:14 GMT -5
They need to have someone literally take the hit and have Toni slap them and then burst into “What have I DONE?!?” tears. Hell, that could be her finisher.
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salz4life
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Post by salz4life on Aug 11, 2023 11:22:50 GMT -5
Like I always say, the way to unlock someone's personality, is to have them yell at Tony Schiavone. That is true, he helped a lot when Britt Baker turned hell. He's such a good base for the heels. Also every heel should do the shut up Schiavone line. Berating Schiavone should be a must for any heel. LOL
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gritizen
Hank Scorpio
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Post by gritizen on Aug 12, 2023 16:43:13 GMT -5
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 13, 2023 2:14:15 GMT -5
The lipstick on the mug is a nice touch.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Aug 13, 2023 14:23:33 GMT -5
SHUT. UP.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 18, 2023 22:14:13 GMT -5
she's doing just fine
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Aug 18, 2023 22:17:59 GMT -5
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 18, 2023 22:22:44 GMT -5
It's even funnier in the context of everyone else's reaction:
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Demented
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by Demented on Aug 18, 2023 22:36:28 GMT -5
"They ask you how you are and you just have to say that you're fine when you're not really fine."
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 18, 2023 22:40:42 GMT -5
Idk if Toni pitched this or someone else did but whoever did deserves a fat raise.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Aug 19, 2023 4:39:34 GMT -5
Toni's expression during her entrance on Rampage is killing me. Really feels like she's just completely in the zone with this gimmick.
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